THE PLACE-NAMES OF
COLCHESTER TOWN and
BERECHURCH (alias West Donyland)
Recorder: James Kemble
Essex Place-names Project (Essex Society for Archaeology & History), 2013 (e-book).
www.essex.ac.uk/history/esah/essexplacenames
2
ESSEX PLACE-NAMES PROJECT.
The Essex Place-names Project is a County-wide survey to record place- and field-names from historical documents such as Tithe maps and apportionments, estate maps, sale
and auction catalogues, conveyances, terriers, deeds, rolls, inquisitions and surveys.
The second element of the Project is to investigate on-the-ground visible remains which correspond to the Place-names for actual or potential archaeological, agricultural and industrial
sites, and to record natural (topographical) and man-made features which may relate to the Place-name. This involves field-survey in rural and outside investigation in built-up areas.
It is anticipated that the Project will lead to identification of archaeological sites and lost historic buildings; it will enable analysis of indicators of early settlement, land holding,
agricultural and industrial practices of the County. It will refine the more precise meaning of descriptive words and elements used by earlier settlers as they gave names appropriate to the
topography of the landscape of their time.
For convenience the surveys are based on the parish, recognising that present civil parish boundaries are not necessarily identical to former ecclesiastical boundaries. Local Recorders
are supplied with templates of Record Forms to ensure consistency of recording across the County, and forward completed forms to a Central Coordinator for transfer to a county
computer database which is available to researchers on the internet at www.essex.ac.uk/history/esah/essexplacenames, and updated periodically.
This publication presents part of the information recorded from the Tithe or Estate Award and Map, and from other documents for this parish. The full record is contained on the master
database at Essex County Council (Historic Environment Section) and on the (above) website. Parish books are available from the Publications Manager, Essex Record Office, Wharf Road,
Chelmsford CM2 6YT, on disc or in hard copy or may be downloaded from the website link ‘Books’ on the Home page. Please notify errors to the Project Coordinator at the Essex Record
Office.
THE TITHE MAP AND APPORTIONMENT.
Since medieval times a tenth of the produce of land and stock had been paid by landholders to the church. At the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the property of many religious houses,
including the right to collect tithes, passed into lay hands. The Tithe Commutation Act which received Royal assent on 13th August 1836 abolished a rent payable in kind and
substituted rent-charges apportioned on each plot or parcel. The tithe-rent payable was assessed on the average value of wheat, barley and oats and was to fluctuate with price movements.
The commutation could be by voluntary agreement between the local owners and payers or, if agreement failed, could be compulsorily imposed by commissioners. A Valuer was to be
appointed to apportion the rent of each parcel of land and tenants could deduct that rent-charge from their rent paid to the landlord. The task fell to the Tithe Commissioners to produce a
map and an Apportionment (Award). A large-scale survey was produced for over 70% of England and Wales in the following 9 years, and about another 8% up to 1855. Most of the
parishes in Essex were surveyed. The map scales vary. The Award records ownership, tenancy and land-use, field by field and parcel by parcel (often quoting the field name) with the
ground area and rent-charge.
Land that was tithe-free tends to be less accurately mapped and contains few if any of the details recorded for those parcels subject to tithe. Rights of way and roads also tend to be
neglected. Boundaries of the tithe areas are shown as are some natural features such as streams, ponds, gardens, greens and commons. Buildings are often shown coloured red if dwellings
or grey if not. Because the Award may have been agreed only some time after the map was finished, discrepancies occur between the two. Enclosure Awards, when extant, usually date to
the 18th and early 19th centuries.
J.Kemble.
3
Colchester Town in the County of Essex.
Reproduced by permission
of Essex County Council.
4
Colchester Town (in Lexden Hundred).
Colchester Town contained the following parishes which published Tithe Awards (a), (/27/1)and Maps (b), (/27/2) c.1839-50: All Saints (Essex Record Office: D/CT 89a,b),
St Botolphs (D/CT 90a,b), St Giles (D/P 324/27/1; D/CT 91b), St James (D/P 138/27/1,2; D/CT 92a), St Leonards (D/P 245/27/1,2), St Martins (T/M 112a,b), St Mary at the Walls
(D/P 246/27/1,2), St Nicholas (D/P 176/27/1,2), St Peter (D/P 178/27/1,2), and Holy Trinity (D/CT 100a,b).
Iron Age coins of Cunobelinus, c.5 BC - AD 40, were inscribed CAM(V) and CAMVL indicative of Camulodunum, ‘the fort of Camulos’, the war-god of the British. Cunobelin’s Farm
was probably at Gosbecks, the site of the subsequent Romano-British temple. Colchester became the fort of the Roman army, then a veterans’ colony, colonia camulodunum, and appears in
the 4th century Peutinger Table as Camuloduno. Ptolomy, c.AD 150, called it kaµouλoδouvov. The ‘modern’ name first appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, AD 921, as Colneceastre,
probably from the British river name Colne + ceastre, camp. In Domesday Book, 1086, the Bishop of London had 14 houses and 4 acres at Colecestra, Westminster 2 houses, Barking
Abbey 3 houses, St [R]Ouen Abbey 1 house taken by Waleran, Count Eustace 3 houses, and Ranulf Peverel 2 houses (Rivet, 1979; Morris, 1983; Kemble, 2007, 2009).
All Saints church (now the Natural History Museum) opposite the Castle has a tower of c.1500 and a 14th century chancel. Parish 288 acres of which 170a were titheable, 130a arable,
19a meadow and pasture. The Tithe Commissioners were William Blamire and J.W. Buller, the surveyor of the Tithe Map (dated 1837) Capt Robert Thomas Dawson, RE.
St Botolph’s, south of the priory built in neo-Norman style in 1836, replaced the parish church destroyed in 1648 at the Seige of Colchester by the parliamentarian forces. The whole
parish was 869 acres, 711a titheable of which 591a were arable, 54a meadow and pasture, 66a garden ground. The Priory, founded in 11th century, has a large ruined Norman church, the
west façade surviving almost to full height. The cloister was on the south side.
St Giles, in St John’s Place (now a Masonic Hall), founded in the 12 century in the cemetery of St John’s Abbey, has a blocked 12th century window in the south wall. Arable was 385
acres, meadow and pasture 118a, market gardens 32a, glebe 1acre 2 roods.
SS James’ and Paul’s church, in East Gate, has Norman work in the NW nave, the remainder of the Perpendicular period. Tithes of £3-6-0 were due to the rector of All Saints
and £75-14-4 to the rector of St James. Arable was 49 acres 2 roods, grass 20a 3r, gardens 62a 3r buildings, streets 30 acres.
St Leonard’s at the Hythe, has a C14 century north aisle and C16 hammerbeam roof. The lower part of the tower, 14th century, the rest built after the earthquake of 1884. Parish 82a.
St Martin’s, in West Stockwell Street, has 12th century work at the NW angle of the north aisle. The Norman tower contains Roman brick. Parish 16 acres.
St Mary Magdalen church in Magdalen Street; parish 65 acres.
St Runwald’s church in High Street (demolished before c.1875); parish 13 acres.
St Mary at the Walls with Christ Church (now an Arts Centre), in Church Street, rebuilt in 1713 and 1871 after destruction in 1648, has a late Perpendicular tower. Parish 487 acres
St Nicholas, in St Nicholas Street, was demolished in 1955. The church yard survives behind Culver Street East. Tithes of £1-10-0 were due to the rector. Garden grounds were 2 acres
3 roods, meadow and pasture 2a 10p, buildings 10 acres.
St Peter’s, in North Hill, has a brick tower, 1758. The arcades are 15th century. Under the north vestry is a 16th century bone-hole. £20-16-3 was due to the vicar including £1 for glebe.
The whole parish was 48 acres 3 roods of which meadow and pasture was 7a 3r, 15 acres gardens, 26a buildings, 1 acre 1 rood glebe.
Holy Trinity church, in Trinity Street, has an Anglo-Saxon tower with Roman brick, and a Saxon west door. The nave dates from the 14th century. Tithes of £23-12-2 were due to Rev
Lewis Welsh Owen, rector. The whole parish was 113acres 1rood 37perches of which 80a 13p were arable, 8a 38p market gardens, houses etc 12a 3r 15p. The Valuer was James Beadel
of Chelmsford.
Total 3760 acres.
St John’s Abbey, Benedictine, was founded in 1096 by Eudo, the builder of the castle. The extant gatehouse dates from the 15th century. Before 1539, the abbey held the manor of Berechurch (alias West
Donyland), one of the four Liberties of Colchester (VCH 1994; Round, 1994; Denny, 1996).
The Castle, larger than the contemporary White Tower of London, was built on the foundations of the Roman temple of Claudius, arches of which can be seen in the basement.
The Red Lion Hotel, in High Street, is jettied, 16th century, with a moulded bressemer beam. Above the carriage arch are carved St George and the Dragon. A two-bay hall behind dates from the 15th century
and has a crown-post roof (Stenning, 1994). St George Hotel has a 18th century front concealing a 15th century shop building (Morant, 1768; Round, 1907, 1994; Pevsner, 2007).
The Hundred name was Lassendene, Laxendena, Lessendena etc in Domesday Book. The name is preceded by the estate Læxadyne in the Will of Ælfflæd, c.1000, widow of ealdorman Brihtnoth killed at the
Battle of Maldon in 991 (Whitelock, 1930; Kemble, 2007). The Hundred Court was at Emperford alias Stanway Bridge (TL935241). The Domesday Hundred of Colchester was probably taken out of the older
Lexden Hundred (Round, 1903). Reaney (1935) translates this perhaps ‘Leaxa’s valley’, lying as it does in the valley of River Colne.
References:
Denny, P., 1996. Old Heath Common. Essex Archaeology & History, 27, 237.
Kemble, J., 2007. Essex Place-names, Places, Streets & People, Historical Publications.
Kemble, J., 2009. Prehistoric & Roman Essex. History Press, Stroud.
Morant, P., 1768. History & Antiquities of the County of Essex, i, 97.
Morris, J., 1983. Domesday Book – Essex. Phillimore.
Pevsner, N., Bettley, J., 2007. The Buildings of England – Essex. Yale.
Reaney, P., 1935. The Place-names of Essex. Cambridge.
Rivet, A., Smith, C., 1979. Place-names of Roman Britain. Batsford.
Round, J,. Victoria Co. History of Essex, 1903, vol i, 406; 1907, ii, 353; 1994, ix, pp402, 409.
Essex Archaeology & History, 1994, 25, 73.
Stenning, D., 1994. Red Lion Hotel. Essex Archaeology & History, 25, 134.
Whitelock, D., 1930. Anglo-Saxon Wills. Cambridge.
5
The Tithe Place-names of Colchester All Saints - by parcel no.
Place-name
Fair field (pt)
House, gdn, etc
Parsonage Hs, Church, yd
Alias
[All Saints]
Fld Gd
No Ref
1
5
8 TL
x
y
998 253
Ac rd pch
r
1
0
0
2
3
1
House, yds, etc
15
0
2
House, gdn, premises
20
1
2
Botanic Garden
24
8
1
St Johns Mead
House, pleasure gnds
25
26
5
3
0
3
Castle Bailey (pt)
Castle Bailey (pt)
Castle (site of)
Sheeps Head meadow
Moor Meadow (pt)
Sorrel meadow (pt)
Water Mill, premises
River Colne (pt)
Staceys
Further Staceys
Friars Grove
27 TM
28 TM
29 TM
30
32
33
36 TL
37
38
39
40 TM
002 256
002 256
002 256
0
1
0
4
1
0
0
0
9
3
7
3
0
1
2
2
3
1
2
1
3
2
Further Hanging (pt)
Woodcock Downs (pt)
East Ley (pt)
Lower Ringwoods
Wood
41
42
43
44
45 TM
0
11
2
4
014 269 5
1
2
2
1
0
Upper Ringwoods
Nursery, Plantation, gdn
The Thompsons
Nolands Wood
46
47
48
49 TM
3
2
7
013 265 27
1
3
1
3
Middle Mill, 1875,OS
Friars Grove, 1875,OS
996 256
010 267
land
use
0 pstre
15
35
Owner
Round, George
Round, George
Tucker, Rev Wm
Marwood
Round, Charles Gray
Occupier
Round, George
Waylen , Wm
Tucker, Rev Wm
Marwood
0
Dennis, Wm; Everitt,
Wm; Lufkin, James
1
Cock, Thomas; Hills, Stokes, George
Theophilus
10
Cock, Thomas; Hills, trustees of Garden
Theophilus
25 pstre Round, Charles Gray Baines, Wm
6
Round, Charles Gray Round, Rev James
Thomas
33 pstre Round, Charles Gray Hatch, John
11 waste Round, Charles Gray Baines, Wm
25
Round, Charles Gray Round, Charles Gray
4 pstre Round, Charles Gray Baines, Wm
24 mdw Round, Charles Gray Baines, Wm
2 mdw Round, Charles Gray Baines, Wm
7
Ward, John, late, excs Bowtell, Edward
23
Ward, John, late, excs Bowtell, Edward
6 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, John
30 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Biggs, John
24 coppic De Grey, RtHon Earl De Grey, RtHon Earl
e
14 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, John
12 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, John
31 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Dennis, Wm
17 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Biggs, John
20 coppic De Grey, RtHon Earl De Grey, RtHon Earl
e
11 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Biggs, John
28 pltn
De Grey, RtHon Earl De Grey, RtHon Earl
38 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Cooper, samuel
10 wood De Grey, RtHon Earl De Grey, RtHon Earl
Other information
Bullock Wood (pt)
Spring field
The Lodge field
Homestead
Pightle
Garden field
Homestead
Pightle
Barn field
Pump field
Birch Grove
Long 7 Acres
East Wood (pt)
Bullockswood, 1582,
MorantColch; Magdalen Wood,
1875,OS
Throwerystye, 1353,Ct;
Roverstye Farm, 1875,OS
cf. Bircho, a1272,Colch;
Baresgrove, 1671,Morant Colch
boscum de Esthoo, 1364,Colch
57 TM
020 276 31
1
28 wood
De Grey, RtHon Earl De Grey, RtHon Earl
58
59
61 TM
013 276
7
7
0
0
2
2
37 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Cooper, Samuel
37 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Cooper, Samuel
11
De Grey, RtHon Earl Biggs, John
63
65
67
68
69
70
71 TM
013 277
0
5
1
1
5
9
9
1
0
0
2
2
0
3
37 grass
14 arable
34
2 pstre
13 arable
18 arable
18 arable
72
73 TM
7
010 275 32
2
2
De Grey, RtHon Earl
De Grey, RtHon Earl
De Grey, RtHon Earl
De Grey, RtHon Earl
De Grey, RtHon Earl
De Grey, RtHon Earl
De Grey, RtHon Earl
Philip Bullok, 1300,ParlR
John Thrower, 1360,Ct
Biggs, John
Cooper, Samuel
Cooper, Samuel
Cooper, Samuel
Cooper, Samuel
Cooper, Samuel
Cooper, Samuel
9 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Cooper, Samuel
3 wood De Grey, RtHon Earl De Grey, RtHon Earl
For abbreviations see Reaney, P., Place-names of Essex, Cambridge, 1935; and Kemble, J., Essex Place-names, Places, Streets & People, Historical Publications, 2007, p153.
7
The Tithe Place-names of Colchester St Botolph - by parcel no.
Place-name
Alias
Lower Almonds
Upper Almonds
Hilly field
Stack Yard field
Homestead
Fld Gd
No Ref
x
y
3
4
5
10
Cok Watt, 1777,C;
Cockwatch Farm, 1875,OS
11 TM
004 234
Ac rd pch
r
4
2
5
8
1
1
2
1
1
1
10
land
use
0 mktgdn
6 mktgdn
4 mktgdn
8 arable
Long field
13
18
3
10 arable
Gravel Pit field
17
6
3
0 arable
Barn field
19
7
0
23 arable
1
0
Homestead
Barn Hall, 1875,OS
20 TM
008 230
8
Further Hanging
22
10
0
22 arable
Lower Hanging
23
4
2
30 arable
Hanging
Canwick Mill,
prmss [Cannock
Mill]
The few
Mill pond
Hanging
24
25 TM
1
0
3
3
8 pstre
0 mill
1
0
3
2
3
1
14 pstre
34
12 arable
1
0
16
Alms Houses
Wicam Canonicorum, 1158,
Colch; Canwykmelle, 1406,
EASxiv; Kennic mill, 1777,C
011 237
26
28
29
Winsley's Almshouses,
1875,OS
33 TM
006 240
Pightle
34
1
3
29 pstre
Gravel Pit field
35
10
2
16 arable
Upper Meadow
Homestead
36
37
3
0
0
1
34 arable
22
8
Owner
Occupier
Wakefield, Edward
Wakefield, Edward
Wakefield, Edward
King, Rev Shaw,
trustees
King, Rev Shaw,
trustees
Neville, John
Neville, John
Neville, John
Tettrell, George &
John
Tettrell, George &
John
King, Rev Shaw,
trustees
King, Rev Shaw,
trustees
Winsley, Sir Arthur's
Charity, trustees
Winsley, Sir Arthur's
Charity, trustees
Winsley, Sir Arthur's
Charity, trustees
Winsley, Sir Arthur's
Charity, trustees
De Grey, RtHon Earl
De Grey, RtHon Earl
Tettrell, George &
John
Tettrell, George &
John
Tettrell, George &
John
Tettrell, George &
John
Tettrell, George &
John
Tettrell, George &
John
Holding, Leonard
Holding, Leonard
De Grey, RtHon Earl
De Grey, RtHon Earl
Winsley, Sir Arthur's
Charity, trustees
Winsley, Sir Arthur's
Charity, trustees
Winsley, Sir Arthur's
Charity, trustees
Winsley, Sir Arthur's
Charity, trustees
West, Ann
West, Ann
Holding, Leonard
Holding, Leonard
Smith, Diana
Farm
Cook Watch
Cook Watch
Cook Watch
Cook Watch
Barn Hall
Barn Hall
Ranges, 1974,OS
Barn Hall
Barn Hall
of canons of St Johns Abbey
Gift House
The Poor
cp. John Winsley founded
almshouses, early 18th cent.
Smith, Diana
Gift House
Smith, Diana
Gift House
Brown, Samuel
Brown, Samuel
Other information
Upper field
Mill field
Hanging
38
39
40
3
8
4
1
3
1
22 arable
20 arable
28 mdw
Mill pond (pt)
41
0
3
32
Garden House
42
0
1
16
House, gdn etc
43
0
2
29
Lock Meadow
45
4
1
27 mdw
Garden field
46
2
0
28 mdw
Lock House yds etc
48
0
2
Further Meadow
49
8
1
18 mdw
First Meadow
51
1
0
0 mdw
Dock yd "Sun Inn",
coal yds
52 TM
3
2
18 inn
Timber yard (pt)
Further Hanging
53
55
0
3
3
0
32 pstre
15 mdw
Garden Ground
Garden Ground
Garden Ground
Barrack field
56
57
58
59
1
4
5
21
0
1
1
1
3 mktgdn
28 mktgdn
12 mktgdn
0 arable
House, premises
60
0
2
13
Mortar field
62
5
1
26 arable
016 245
0
9
West, Ann
West, Ann
Brown, Samuel
Brown, Samuel
Saville, George;
Carrington, Robt;
Savill, Robt Maitland
Saville, George;
Carrington, Robt;
Savill, Robt Maitland
Saville, George;
Carrington, Robt;
Savill, Robt Maitland
Saville, George;
Carrington, Robt;
Savill, Robt Maitland
Saville, George;
Carrington, Robt;
Savill, Robt Maitland
Saville, George;
Carrington, Robt;
Savill, Robt Maitland
Saville, George;
Carrington, Robt;
Savill, Robt Maitland
Saville, George;
Carrington, Robt;
Savill, Robt Maitland
Saville, George;
Carrington, Robt;
Savill, Robt Maitland
Saville, George;
Carrington, Robt;
Savill, Robt Maitland
Saville, George;
Carrington, Robt;
Savill, Robt Maitland
Saville, George;
Carrington, Robt;
Savill, Robt Maitland
Commissioners of
River
Daniells, Edward
Page, John
Hawkins, Wm
Harwick
Daniells, Edward
Hawkins, Wm
Harwick
Downes, Wm;
Mills, Wm; Scott,
Smythies, Francis
John; Unwin,
Stephen; Willett,
Sarah
Tabor, Eliza & Ruth Hawkins, Wm
Saville, George;
Saville, George;
Carrington, Robt;
Carrington, Robt;
Savill, Robt Maitland Savill, Robt Maitland
Page, Thomas
Page, Thomas
Page, Henry
Page, Henry
Carr, Rev Samuel
Jackson, John
Ordnance, Honble, Jones, Jesse
Board of
Ordnance, Honble, Jones, Jesse
Board of
King, Rev Shaw,
Tettrell, George &
Cook Watch
trustees
John
Starve lark field
63
5
1
0 arable
Magazine field
64 TM
7
1
30 arable
Long Goldings
Harp field
Broom Knoll
66
67
68
7
4
5
1
1
1
26 mktgdn
12 mktgdn
30 arable
Red Oven field (pt)
71
2
2
0 arable
The fen
72
1
2
34 pstre
Hill field
73
4
2
20 arable
Barn field
74
4
0
32 arable
32
004 243
King, Rev Shaw,
trustees
King, Rev Shaw,
trustees
Burkitt, James
Burkitt, James
Tettrell, George &
John
De Grey, RtHon Earl
76 TM
000 242
0
2
Ordnance field
77 TM
003 244 32
2
Military Burial
ground
House, gdn etc
Grass piece
Upper Town field
Town field (pt)
House, cottages etc
78 TM
004 244
0
3
23 pstre
0
0
1
3
1
0
2
3
0
0
20
31 pstre
5 mktgdn
33 mktgdn
2
Mill, premises
Golden Acres
Garden Ground
Alms Houses,
premises
House, yds etc
86 TM
87
88
89 TM
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
20 mill
4 mdw
2 arable
3
2
2
19
Wall field (pt)
House, Mill, gdn
The Gardens (pt)
91
92 TM
94
002 247
1
0
0
0
3
3
24 arable
6
29 grass
Tettrell, George &
John
Tettrell, George &
John
Tettrell, George &
John
Tettrell, George &
John
Ordnance, Honble,
Board of
Ordnance, Honble,
Board of
Bawtree, John
Catchpool, Thomas
Snell, Wm
Cant, Wm
Abbott, Chas; Bull,
Elijah; Snell, Wm
Stammers, Edward
Stammers, Edward
Lewis, John
Kendalls Charity,
trustees
Lewis, Bullock;
Barnest
Luke, Elizabeth
Luke, Elizabeth
Tabor, Eliza
House, yds "Plough
Inn"
95 TM
001 249
0
2
39 inn
Tabor, Eliza
Homestead
Plum Hall, 1777,C
79
80
83
84
85
002 247
002 247
90
4 arable
10
Tettrell, George &
John
Tettrell, George &
John
Cranmer, Thomas
Cranmer, Thomas
Tettrell, George &
John
Morgan, Rev John
Woodruffe
Tettrell, George &
John
Tettrell, George &
John
Tettrell, George &
John
Tettrell, George &
John
Scruggs, Wm
Jones, Jesse
Foot, Joseph
Ambrose, Henry
Cant, George
Cant, Wm
Abbott Dorrell &
Massey
Stammers, Edward
Stammers, Edward
Squirrell. Jacob
The Poor
Balls Lewis &
Coveney
Cranmer, Thomas
Luke, Elizabeth
Tabor, Eliza
Tabor, Eliza
Cook Watch
Cook Watch
Plum Hall
Plum Hall
Plum Hall
Plum Hall
Plum Hall
House, Timber yds
Garden Ground
Houses, yds
96
99
101
0
0
0
1
3
0
37
20 mktgdn
29
Garden Ground
House, premises
Houses, yds
107
108
110
0
0
2
1
2
3
5 mktgdn
3
22
The Moor
The Moor
School House,
premises
Priory Ruins, Burial
Ground
Houses, yds
111
112
113
5
0
0
1
2
0
28 arable
14 arable
19
0
2
4
0
1
23
St Botolphs Church, [St Botolph]
yd
Houses, yds
116 TL
0
3
16
117
1
1
3
Houses, yds
118
1
2
19
Baptist Chapel & yd
124 TL
999 248
0
1
29
Independent
Chapel, yd
Foxborough field
(pt)
Harp field (pt)
125 TL
999 248
0
1
27
127
11
0
9 arable
128
8
3
0 arable
House, premises,
Pightle
Nursery Ground,
House
Union House,
premises
Brick field
Quarness
Gravel Pit field
Mill meadow
Three Corner field
130
2
1
133
2
0
1
0
6
4
12
4
3
0
0
0
2
3
114 TL
999 250
115
999 249
Colchester Union, 1875,OS 135
TL
142
146 TM
147
148
149
Ashburton, RtHon
Lord
Clapham, George
Cooke, Samuel Green
3
Bunting, Isaac
Bunting, Isaac
9
Colchester Union,
guardians of
Page, Thomas
Alston, Daniel
De Grey, RtHon Earl
Hedge, John Thomas
Hedge, John Thomas
..
29 grass
991 253
010 257
Hawkins, Wm
Hawkins, Wm
Tabor, Eliza
Maynard, Daniel
Theobald & Hudson Goulding Moor &
Fenner
Pattison, Frederick Fenning, Daniel
Thorley, Charles
Fenning, Daniel
Lewis, Osborn
Lewis Ward & Cutler
Posford
Hoblyn, Elizabeth
Shed, Isaac
Hoblyn, Elizabeth
Shed, Isaac
Lancasterian School, Children of Poor
trustees
Tucker, Rev Wm
Tucker, Rev Wm
Manwood
Manwood
Chignall, Osborn,
Chignall Parker &
Bowling
Steggalls
Tucker, Rev Wm
Tucker, Rev Wm
Manwood
Manwood
Lingwood, Mayhew Lingwood,
Humphrey
Kimber, Arthy
Thait, Arthy & Day
Durrant
Baptist Chapel,
..
trustees
Independent Meeting ..
chapel, trustees
Tomlinson, Nicholas Lester, George
30 mktgdn
16 pstre
12 arable
38 mdw
27 mdw
11
Pattison, Joshua
Page, Thomas
Hill, Sarah
Clay, John
Chaplin, Wm
Chaplin, Wm
Great River
Meadow
Little River
Meadow
Orchard field
White Stone field
Stack Yard field
House, gdn, yds
150
TM
7
1
16 mdw
De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, John
7
1
16 .
De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, John
261 27
259 12
260 11
262 1
1
0
1
1
2 arable
14 pstre
27 pstre
0
De Grey, RtHon Earl
De Grey, RtHon Earl
De Grey, RtHon Earl
De Grey, RtHon Earl
Clay, John
Clay, John
Clay, John
Clay, John
0
6
4
8
9
21
012 264 9
014 264 17
0
9
029 263 0
0
2
3
3
0
1
0
3
1
1
1
24 arable
20 pstre
39 mdw
28 mdw
26 arable
12 arable
34 arable
0 arable
3 arable
34 arable
17
Clay, John
Clay, John
Clay, John
Clay, John
Clay, John
Clay, John
Clay, John
Clay, John
Byam, Enoch
Fitch, John
Warren, Zachariah
Todd, David
Fitch, John
Fitch, John
Fitch, John
Fitch, John
Fitch, John
Fitch, John
Fitch, John
005 262
151
Dilbridge, 1536,LP; Dylbri(d)ge,
1552,Pat
152 TM
153 TM
154 TM
156 TM
007
009
010
008
Great Netherlands
First Hanging
Poach Meadow
Further Staceys
Hither Staceys
Shoulder of Mutton
Horse pasture
Broom Hill
First Piece
Upper field
Mill, yds, Drift
Crockleford Mill (corn),
1875,OS
Meadow by Nook
157
158 TM
159 TM
160 TM
162 TM
163
164 TM
165 TM
167
169
172 TM
174
0
2
31 mdw
Pightle
177
0
1
0 mdw
178
179
181a
182 TM
13
5
5
026 255 32
0
1
3
2
13 mdw
5 arable
33 arable
8 wood
De Grey, RtHon Earl
De Grey, RtHon Earl
De Grey, RtHon Earl
De Grey, RtHon Earl
De Grey, RtHon Earl
De Grey, RtHon Earl
De Grey, RtHon Earl
De Grey, RtHon Earl
Holding, Samuel
Mash, Sir Thomas
Osborne, John
Posford
Osborne, John
Posford
Osborne, John
Posford
Mash, Sir Thomas
Mash, Sir Thomas
Mash, Sir Thomas
De Grey, RtHon Earl
184
185
190 TM
191
193
194
200
202 TM
1
10
030 270 1
7
13
15
4
033 269 4
2
0
3
0
3
0
2
3
22 arable
2 arable
30
28 arable
28 arable
0 arable
17 arable
32 arable
Barton, Harriett
Mash, Sir Thomas
Mash, Sir Thomas
Mash, Sir Thomas
Mash, Sir Thomas
Mash, Sir Thomas
Mash, Sir Thomas
Mash, Sir Thomas
Mill field
Stoney field
New field
Welsh Wood (pt)
First Piece
Welsh Wood field
Homestead
Hurdle Shed field
Cartlodge field
Great Wood
Five Acres below
Ten acres
Walshesgrove, 1375,Ct;
Welshewoode, 1544,LP
Schawes, 1364,Colch
009
008
010
012
263
265
265
265
12
Dilbridge,
1875,OS
William de Brome, 1342,Ass
Shaws
Osborne, John
Posford
Osborne, John
Posford
Fitch, John
Shaws
Fitch, John
Shaws
Fitch, John
Shaws
De Grey, RtHon Earl
Shaws
Shaws
Shaws
Shaws
Shaws
Shaws
Shaws
Henry le Waleis,Welch,
1240,Colch, 1327,SR
John atte Schawe, 1311,Ct
The Tithe Place-names of Colchester St Giles - by parcel no.
Place-name
Alias
Fld Gd
No Ref
x
y
Ac rd pc land use
r
h
Owner
Occupier
Wall Salt Marsh
Rowhedge Marsh
Carraway Marsh
Rowhedge field
Homestead. [Battleswick, ad Wykam Dni Ricardi Bataille,
1295,ParlR; Batelswyke,
1875,OS]
1
5
8
12
15
6
4
3
10
2
3
2
1
0
1
9 sltg
24 arable
9 arable
3 arable
21
Austen, Edward
Austen, Edward
Firman, Benjamin, late, execs
Austen, Edward
Austen, Edward
Austen, Edward
Austen, Edward
Daldy, Joseph
Austen, Edward
Austen, Edward
Spring field
Grove field
Walnut Tree field
Barn field
Kents field
Stoney field
Pettican Marsh
Rainbow Piece
Homestead
House field
Little Scotland Hill
16
17
18
19
20
21
25
26
28
29
35
3
2
8
7
9
9
6
2
0
3
3
3
0
2
3
2
3
0
0
3
3
0
28 arable
7 arable
15 arable
19 arable
15 arable
19 arable
33 pstre
32 arable
38
27 arable
6 arable
Austen, Edward
Austen, Edward
Austen, Edward
Austen, Edward
Austen, Edward
Austen, Edward
Firman, Benjamin, late, execs
Firman, Benjamin, late, execs
Firman, Benjamin, late, execs
Firman, Benjamin, late, execs
Cooke, Joseph
Upper Common field
Pasture Piece
Heath Piece
Roundabout field
Games Meadow
Old Hythe Pyhtle
39
45
55
60
63
65 TM
3
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
3 arable
18 pstre
7 arable
38 arable
33 pstre
23 .
3
8
1
3
1
2
13 arable
3 arable
1
Austen, Edward
Austen, Edward
Austen, Edward
Austen, Edward
Austen, Edward
Austen, Edward
Daldy, Joseph
Daldy, Joseph
Daldy, Joseph
Daldy, Joseph
Lambert, John; West,
Stephen
Firman, Benjamin, late, execs Daldy, Joseph
Cooke, Joseph
Lambert, John
Tomlinson, Nicholas
Jones, Jesse
Austen, Edward
Austen, Edward
Cooke, Joseph
Lambert, John
Austen, Edward
Austen Edward; Gibbon,
Edward
Firman, Benjamin, late, execs Daldy, Joseph
Cooke, Joseph
Lambert, John
Cooke, Joseph
Lambert, John
0
0
3
4
0
0
1
0
28 arable
23
18 pstre
4 arable
Cooke, Joseph
Thorn, James
Cooke, Joseph
Tomlinson, Nicholas
1548,FF; Battleswick, 1875,OS
Lower Common field
Scotland Hill
Homestead
Path Piece
Public House
Barn field
Kiln field
Hetha(m), 1158-, Colch;
Ealdehethe, a1272,Ct
Cleavelands Farm,
1875,OS
020 226
66
67
69
TM
70
74 TM
76
77 TM
024 224
016 229
017 233
13
Lambert, John
Barber, Thomas
Lambert, John
Jones, Jesse
Other information
Juliana Batalie, 1248,Ass;
Simon Bataille, 1257,FF
Bell meadow
Park field
Blinkers Piece (pt)
Horse Shoe Marsh
Old River Course
Brick Kiln Field
Cottage, gdn, School
78
79
81
84
87
90 TM
Place Farm, 1875,OS
92
TM
Ozier Ground
The Pightle
Allotment Piece
Allotment Piece
House, shed, premises
Six Acre Tan Office
Barn yd, Cottages
St Runwald’s Farm,
1875,OS
018 134
2
1
3
1
3
3
27 pstre
39 arable
35 arable
26 pstre
15
23 pstre
0
0
34
1
1
0
0
1
6
0
0
0
1
1
3
34 oziers
15 pstre
30 arable
9 arable
28
10 arable
019 228
96
97
103
104
106
107
111
TM
4
8
2
2
0
7
115
10
3
13 arable
Road field
Homestead
118
122
7
2
0
2
7 gdn
16
Barn field
River Marsh
Timber Yard
Malting etc
Quay Meadow
9
4
3
0
5
2
3
3
2
2
4 arable
36 pstre
21
9
15 arable
Plantation
123
125
126 TM
127 TM
129
TM
131
1
1
24 wood
Granary Field (pt)
133
2
3
25 arable
Park Plantation
134
0
1
21 wood
Park
135
17
3
24 pstre
House field
Whitehall Farm ,
1875,OS
020 237
020 237
018 238
137
TM
138
Lambert, John
Lambert, John
Lambert, John
Cooper, George
Commissioners of Channel
Saville, George; Carrington,
Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland
Baxter, Charles
Ambrose, Henry
Walford, Wm
Walford, Wm
Greenwood, John
Tabor, James Ashwell
Lambert, John
Walford, William
008 233
Stable field
Homestead
Cooke, Joseph
Cooke, Joseph
Cooke, Joseph
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon
Commissioners of Channel
Saville, George; Carrington,
Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland
Saville, George; Carrington,
Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland
Hoblyn, Richard
Purkis, James
Round, Rev James Thomas
Greenwood, John
Bawtree, Lydia
Cooke, Joseph
Round, Rev James Thomas
Saville, George; Carrington,
Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon
Saville, George; Carrington,
Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland
Neville, John
Prentice, Christopher
Bramwhite
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon
Neville, John
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon
Burleigh, Robert
Hawkins, Wm
Hawkins, Wm
Hawkins, Wm
Burleigh, Pitt; others
Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Saville, George; Carrington,
Savill, Robt Maitland
Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland
Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Carrington, Wm
Savill, Robt Maitland
Saville, George; Carrington, Robt;
Savill, Robt Maitland
Saville, George; Carrington, Robt;
Savill, Robt Maitland
Saville, George; Carrington, Robt;
Savill, Robt Maitland
Saville, George; Carrington, Robt;
Savill, Robt Maitland
Saville, George; Carrington,
Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland
Savill, George
Savill, George
Savill, George
011 236
12
1
18 arable
14
Saville, George; Carrington,
Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland
Savill, George
Pound field
House, gdn
140
141
5
2
2
1
Round field
Plantation Field
Market Garden
Market Garden
Market Garden
Gooseberry Alley
Town field
Market Garden
142
143
144
145
148
149
151
152
3
9
3
4
2
1
4
0
0
0
3
1
0
2
0
1
29 arable
12
King, Rev Shaw, trustees
Tettrell, George & John
Morgan, Rev John Woodroofe Morgan, Rev John
Woodroofe
24 arable
King, Rev Shaw, trustees
Tettrell, George & John
13 arable
Firman, Benjamin, late, execs Fenn, James
38
Brown, John
Burrows, Joseph
0
Chaplin, John
Maynard, David
37
Lake, Thomas Porter
Cranmer, Thomas
23 Gdn
Cranmer, Thomas
Cranmer, Thomas
14 mktgdn Cant, Wm
Cant, Wm
21
Lingwood, John, late, trustees Maynard, Daniel
Glebe
For abbreviations see Reaney, P., Place-names of Essex, Cambridge, 1935; and Kemble, J., Essex Place-names, Places, Streets & People, Historical Publications, 2007, p153.
15
The Tithe Place-names of Colchester St James - by parcel no.
Church Yard
[St James]
Garden Ground
Meadow
Ozier Ground
Nursery Ground
Garden Ground
Tan yard
White Hart Inn, premises
Mill, premises
Pit
Site of Gaol
Militia Barracks, 1875,OS
Fair field
House, Mill, gdn
Garden Ground
Allotment Ground
Goggle field
New field
Field behind Cow Inn
Kings Arms Inn
Flying Fox Inn, 1875,OS
House, gdn
Field (pt)
1 TM
8
15
18
21
25
27a
28a TM
32a TM
34
36 TM
38
39 TM
41
46
48
49
50 TM
56 TM
59
62
002 253
008 254
009 255
009 255
012 255
015 259
015 258
0
11
4
0
1
4
0
1
2
1
1
5
0
5
2
8
9
6
0
0
1
2
3
0
3
3
2
3
0
0
1
2
1
3
2
1
1
1
1
3
3
0
5
16 .
33 md
0
15
7 gdn
16
14 inn
35
7 gdn
2
11 grass
15
0
30 gdn
10 arable
30 arable
0 arable
0 inn
23
10 arable
Jarman, Rev DD
Hedge, John Thomas
Hedge, John Thomas
Austen, Edward
Marshall, Thomas
Round, George
Eisdell, Josh Carter
Osborne, John Posford
Marriage, Edward
Barnes, John Stuck
County Gaol Governors
Angier, James
Angier, James
Marshall, Thomas
Round, Rev James
Angier, James
Auston, Edward
Auston, Edward
Alston, Daniel Constable
Mann, John jnr
Errington, George Henry
Jarman, Rev DD
Glebe
Hedge, John Thomas
Hedge, John Thomas
Austen, Edward
Jackson, John Wm
Blomfield, John
Eisdell, Josh Carter
Church, Wm
Marriage, Edward
Biggs, John
County Gaol Governors
Jackson, John Wm
Bull, JAR
Jackson, John Wm
Scott, Robt; others
Bull, JAR
Auston, Edward
Auston, Edward
French, Joshua
Mann, John jnr
Errington, George Henry
For abbreviations see Reaney, P., Place-names of Essex, Cambridge, 1935; and Kemble, J., Essex Place-names, Places, Streets & People, Historical Publications, 2007, p153.
16
The Tithe Place-names of Colchester St Leonard - by parcel no.
Place-name
Alias
Fld Gd
No Ref
x
y
Ac rd pch land
r
use
Church Yard
[St Leonard]
Houses, gdns, yds
Pasture Land
Knaves Acre (allotment)
Pasture
Meadow
1 TM
2
6
7
10
15
014 217
0
1
3
0
2
0
2
1
0
3
3
3
Malting houses, yds,gdn
Houses, Coal Yds
Custom House, site of
Market Garden Ground
Houses, gdns, yds
Spring Head Meadow
Gas Works, site of
Coal Yards, Granaries
Houses, coal yds, sheds
Meadow
16 TM
17
18 TM
24
27
30
34 TM
35 TM
36
38
014 218
4
0
6
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
2
2
1
0
2
014 216
014 215
104 215
Owner
2
25
10 grass
27
11 grass
15 grass
Curtis, Rev Francis
Curtis, Rev Francis
Cobbold, Robert Knipe
Parish Poor
Curtis, Rev Francis
Hawkins, Wm Warwick & Chas
Henry
14
Mann, Cobbold, execs of Jarvis
31
Green, Samuel; Cooke; others
36
McLean, Mann, Hawkins, others
37
Barnes, John Stuck
29
Barnes, Daniel; Pitt; others
33 grass Curtis, Rev Francis
28
Gas Company
24
Ambrose, Daniel; others
31
Mann, John snr & jnr
8 grass Hawkins, Wm Warwick & Chas
Henry
Occupier
Curtis, Rev Francis; Finch, Wm Glebe
Curtis, Rev Francis; Finch, Wm
Wade, John
various
Curtis, Rev Francis; Finch, Wm Glebe
Hawkins, Wm Warwick & Chas
Henry
Mann, John; others
Brown, Mann & others
Mann, Jihn snr; Boutell; others
Maynard, Wm
Wendon; Pitt; others
Curtis, Rev Francis; Finch, Wm Glebe
Theobald & Church
Ambrose, Daniel; others
Mann, John jnr, Lloyd, others
Moore, Thomas
The Tithe Place-names of Colchester St Martin - by parcel no.
Garden Ground
Gas Works, premises
Garden Ground
Garden Ground
Garden Ground
House, gdn
1
2 TL
3
4
5 TL
7
995 256
995 255
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
0
19 grass
35
8 mktgdn
26 mktgdn
33 mktgdn
16
Chignall, Wm
Gas Company (Colchester)
Smythies, Wm Carlton
Mercers Company
Mercers Company
Walter, James
17
Other information
Chignall, Wm
Gas Company (Colchester)
Bultitude, John
Wright, Samuel
Wright, Samuel
Wright, Samuel
The Tithe Award Place-names of Colchester St Mary at the Walls - by parcel no.
Churchyard
[St Mary]
Pasture, Parsonage House
Garden
Plantation
Reservoir
Houses, yds, gdns (in Head
Street)
Houses, gdns, yds (in Crouch
Street)
Houses, yds etc (in John
Street)
Garden Ground
1
3
4
5
7
8
TL
TL
992 251
992 251
993 254
993 251
0
1
0
0
0
1
3
1
2
0
0
0
TL
TL
24
17
3
7 wood
32
16
11 TL
990 250
2
3
5
12 TL
995 249
0
2
37
19
1
1
24
25
31
34
40
1
1
0
1
1
Garden Ground (pt of Motts)
Garden Ground (pt of Motts)
House, gdn, premises
House, gdn, pasture
Plantation
43
45
49
50
53
Field
Bayles, Rev Philip
Bayles, Rev Philip
Bayles, Rev Philip
Bayles, Rev Philip
Bayles, Rev Philip
Coleman, John Wm; others
Downes, Edward; others
Bayles, Rev Philip
Bayles, Rev Philip
Cobb, Nathaniel
Glebe
Cobb, Nathaniel
Glebe
Colchester Water Works Glebe
Coleman, John Wm;
others
Whittington, Mrs
Norman, John Brand &
others
Bromley, Thomas
1
0
1
2
2
Norman, John, Robinson;
others
15 mktgdn Colchester Free Grammar
School
34 grass
Catchpool, Thomas
37 grass
Catchpool, Thomas
15
Johnson, Walter
15
Johnson, Walter
2
Catchpool, Thomas
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
2
3
1
13 mktgdn
31 mktgdn
20
35
9 wood
Farrow, Francis
Hunt, Wm
Smythies, Mrs
Hazelfoot, Captain
Smythies, Mrs
59
7
0
Garden Ground
Lexden Field
60
62
4
3
2
1
Carr, Rev Samuel
Carr, Rev Samuel
Smythies, Mrs
Errington, George Henry
Mayor,Aldermen,
Burgesses of Colchester
28
Mayor,Aldermen,
Burgesses of Colchester
20 mktgdn Errington, George Henry
12 arable
Errington, George Henry
Commons (Piece of)
Broad Commons (Piece of)
Commons (Piece of)
House, gdn, premises
65
69
70
73 TL
4
1
0
0
0
3
6 arable
0 arable
31 arable
Roddam, Mary
Steele, John & wife
Bayles, Rev Philip
Maitland
Errington, George
Henry
Knight, George
Savell, Maitland
Knight, George
4
2
27 arable
Vint, Henry
Round, Rev James
Vint, Henry
Knight, George
Philip’s Meadow (pt)
Chiswell Meadow
Plantation
Houses, gdns
Motts (pt)
Commons (Piece of)
cf. Mottsbridge, 1637,
Morant Colch
St Mary’s Lodge,
1875,OS
75
Clark, Wm
Clark, Wm
Johnson, Walter
MacLean, Dr & Owen
Catchpool, Thomas
glebe of St Peter
glebe of St Peter
Knight, George
984 248
18
Simon le Mot, 1181-96,P
glebe
Site of Hospital
80 TL
989 249
3
0
2
Houses, shop, premises (in
Crouch Street)
Homestead
Further Ten acres
Garden Ground, pt of House
81 TL
990 250
0
0
22
0
10
2
2
1
0
990
986
985
984
983
246 14
244 17
243 6
243 5
250 5
4
9
980 240 12
5
9
6
3
2
2
2
0
1
0
0
1
3
3
8
Round, Charles Gray
21 arable
Round, Charles Gray
38 mktgdn Independent Meeting,
trustees
6 arable
Steele, John & wife
26 arable
Steele, John & wife
25 arable
Steele, John & wife
2 arable
Steele, John & wife
38 arable
Errington, George Henry
36 arable
Errington, George Henry
17 arable
Errington, George Henry
8 arable
Errington, George Henry
3 arable
Smythies, Mrs
4 arable
Papillon, Mary
31 arable
Errington, George Henry
0
3
978 242 1
1
982 239 1
6
2
14
15
6
2
976 235 0
3
1
3
3
2
3
1
1
1
2
2
1
0 arable
0 arable
24 arable
35 arable
22
36 arable
14 arable
10 arable
7 arable
28 arable
27 arable
19
Errington, George Henry
Errington, George Henry
Bayles, Rev Philip
Errington, George Henry
Steele, John & wife
Steele, John & wife
Steele, John & wife
Steele, John & wife
Steele, John & wife
Errington, George Henry
Errington, George Henry
Errington, George Henry
Savell, Maitland
Savell, Maitland
Savell, Maitland
Savell, Maitland
Hart, George
Hart, George
Knight, George
Knight, George
Hart, George
Phillips, samuel
Errington, George
Henry
Hart, George
Griffin, Wm
Knight, George
Griffin, Wm
Savell, Maitland
Savell, Maitland
Savell, Maitland
Savell, Maitland
Savell, Maitland
Hart, George
Hart, George
Hart, George
2
9
8
12
0
0
0
3
25 arable
33 arable
22 arable
0
Errington, George Henry
Errington, George Henry
Errington, George Henry
..
Hart, George
Hart, George
Hart, George
..
Further Harp
Middle Harp
Home Harp
Home Harp
High Field
Tile Barn field
Little Brockle
Great Brockle
Waterlock
Ten acres
Bush Croft
Rainbow field (pt)
Three Acre Waterlock
Water Lock (pt)
Berry field (pt)
Homestead
Mary Bells Pightle
Puttocks Crouch
Cart Lodge field
Long Drury
Green Croft
Front Ley (pt)
Homestead (pt)
Park Ley (pt)
Road Eight acres
Seven & half acres
Streets, Roads
83
86
90
91 TL
92 TL
93 TL
94 TL
95 TL
96
98
99 TL
100
103
108
109
110
111 TL
112
Drury Farm, 1875,OS
113 TL
114
114a
115
116
119
120
Rayner’s Farm, 1875,OS 121 TL
122
124
126
.
Essex & Colchester
Hospital govnrs
Silvester, John
Essex & Colchester
Hospital govnrs
Silvester, John; others
Knight, George
Knight, George
Vine, John
glebe
John Rayner, mayor of
Colchester in 1679
For abbreviations see Reaney, P., Place-names of Essex, Cambridge, 1935; and Kemble, J., Essex Place-names, Places, Streets & People, Historical Publications, 2007, p153.
19
The Tithe Award Place-names of Colchester St Nicholas - by parcel no.
Garden Ground
Garden Ground
Garden
Garden Ground
Meadow (pt)
Bldgs, yds, streets
1
2 TL
3
4
5
.
0
0
0
0
0
11
998 253
1
1
1
0
2
1
37 mktgdn
22 mktgdn
20 grass
35 mktgdn
10 grass
15 arable
Bond, Henry C
Gosling, John
Marsden, John
Smythies, Wm Carlton
Round, Charles Gray
..
Beale, Jonathan
Rawling, Thomas
Marsden, John
Bultitude, John
Cranfield, Jeremiah
.
The Tithe Award Place-names of Colchester St Peter - by parcel no.
Potatoe Ground
Market Garden
Castle Inn Garden
Quoit Ground
House, sheds, gdn
Lucerne Ground
Brewery garden
Vicarage garden
Houses, gdns (lawn)
Church, yard
Garden
Garden
Garden
Garden
[St Peter]
1
2
9 TL
10
14
19
21
26 TL
29
32 TL
36
39
38
41
993 256
994 253
995 253
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
2
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
27 .
25
19
26 grass
26
38 arable
2
28
35
27 grass
30
25
22
21
Garrad, John
Fairhead, Samuel
Cobbold, John; Cobbold, Robt Knipe
Cobbold, John; Cobbold, Robt Knipe
Culpeck, James
Finch's Charity, trustees
Cobbold, John; Cobbold, Robt Knipe
Carr, Rev Samuel
Provident Asylum , trustees
Carr, Rev Samuel
Townsend, Richard
Bryant, Josias Hovell
Barton, Charles
Chaplin, Elizabeth Gassiett
20
Godden, Michael
Farren, Francis
Minter, Wm
Minter, Wm
Culpeck, James
Wolton, Henry
Cobbold, John; Cobbold, Robt Knipe
Carr, Rev Samuel
glebe
Stuart, Charles Martin; others
Carr, Rev Samuel
glebe
Holding, Richard Harding
Lay, John Sarjeant
Torriano, Rev
Chaplin, Elizabeth Gassiett
The Tithe Award Place-names of Colchester Holy Trinity - by parcel no.
Church, yard
[Holy Trinity]
Houses, prmss (in Culver
Street)
Houses, prmss (in Trinity St,
Culver St, Lion Walk)
House, yds, prmss (in John
Street)
Sand Pit, gdn
Garden Ground
Glebe Piece
House, windmill, premises Butt windmill, 1875,OS
Harp Field (pt)
House, premises, etc
Broad Commons (Piece of)
Great Waterlock
Town Waterlock
Berry field (pt)
Puttocks Crouch
Simpkins Pightle (pt)
1 TL
2 TL
997 250
996 251
0
2
1
0
25
38
10
15
17
18 TL
23
25
27
30
31
32 TL
33
34
3 TL
996 251
2
3
8
5 TL
995 249
0
1
38
Wigson, Wm; others
Bremer; others
0
1
0
0
1
1
7
2
6
2
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
0
White, Obediah
Burridge, Wm
Bayles, Rev Philip
Hewes, Byam
Ashburton, Lord
Hoy, Isaac
Errington, George Henry
Roddam, Mary
Errington, George Henry
Errington, George Henry
Steele, John & wife
Tomlinson, Admiral
Clark, Charles
Burridge, Wm
Hewes, Byam
Hewes, Byam
Cook, Joseph
Watts, Edmund
Hart, George
Knight, George
Griffin, Wm
Griffin, Wm
Maitland, Savill
Leicester, Wm
8
7
5
2
3
0
3
3
1
0
17
17 mktgdn
22 arable
19 mill
23 arable
33 grass
0 arable
8 arable
23 arable
4 arable
35 arable
38 market
ground
29 arable
25 arable
32 arable
24 arable
10
Foxburrow (pt)
Gonners Harp
Magdalen field
Field (pt)
Streets, Roads
35 TL
38
39
40
.
Tomlinson, Admiral
Hedge, John Thomas
Smythies, Rev John Robert
Errington, George Henry
..
Hedge, John Thomas
Hedge, John Thomas
Maitland, Savill
Hart, George
..
991 245
979 240
985 234
Owen, Rev Lewis Wm
Garrard, Abraham; others
Owen, Rev Lewis Wm
Garrard, Abraham; others
Francis, Wm Wallis; others Francis, Wm Wallis; others
glebe of St Mary
glebe of St Mary
For abbreviations see Reaney, P., Place-names of Essex, Cambridge, 1935; and Kemble, J., Essex Place-names, Places, Streets & People, Historical Publications, 2007, p153.
For Colchester street-names, see www.essex.ac.uk/history/esah/essexplacenames.
21
Place-names of Berechurch alias West Dolyland.
Berdechirche is documented t.Henry III (1216-1272) (Reaney, 1935). It is not mentioned in Domesday Book but probably included under Colchester; it may have been part of Godric’s
estate of Lexden and Greenstead before 1066 which Hart (1971) equated with part of the estate of Æthelflæd, widow of King Edmund, in 962x991whose Will contains Dunningelande
alias Dunninclande (Whitelock, 1930). It was granted to St Johns Abbey c.1104 by Eudo Dapifer (VCH, 1994). Ekwall (1960) translates these from an Old English personal name +
lande, ‘Dunning’s land’, and from bred cirice, ‘church made of boards’. Until 1539 The Abbey held Berechurch until 1539, the moated manor house becoming a farmhouse. The ‘new’
Hall was built in 1881 for O.E. Coope, brewer and M.P.
The church of St Michael was rebuilt c.1500 using earlier material in the tower. A further rebuilding of the nave and chancel occurred in 1872. The original manor house to the west of
the Hall shown on the Map of c.1875 was moated. Of Berechurch Hall, built in 1881, only the stables survive as Stable House, and a 19th century dovecote (McCann, 1994; Pevsner,
2007).
References:
Ekwall, E., 1960. Dictionary of English Place-names. Oxford.
Hart, C., 1971. Early Charters of Essex. Leicester.
McCann, J., Robins, K., 1994. Berechurch Dovecote. Essex Archaeology & History, 25, 285.
Pevsner, N., Bettley, J., 2007. Buildings of England, Yale. p133.
Reaney, P., 1930. Place-names of Essex. Cambridge.
Victoria County History of Essex, 1994, ix, 409.
Whitelock, D., 1930. Anglo-Saxon Wills, Cambridge.
Chapman/André
Map
1777 Monk Wick
Chapman/André
Map
1777 [Berechurch ‘Old’] Hall
Chapman/André
Chapman/André
Map
Map
1777 Maypole Green
1777 Black Heath
Chapman/André
Chapman/André
Chapman/André
Chapman/André
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey
Map
Map
Map
Map
Map
Map
Map
Map
Map
Map
Map
Map
Map
1777 Church
1777 Farthing Corner
1777 Ancient Intrenchments
1777 Horse-shoe House
c.1875 Fridaywood Farm
c.1875 Friday Wood
c.1875 Bounsted Grove
c.1875 Link Grove
c.1875 Kingsford Grove
c.1875 Birch Grove
c.1875 Park Farm
c.1875 Charlotte's Grove
c.1875 Lethe Grove
Monk(e)wike, 1536,LP; Monkwick, TL
1875,OS
TL
998 227 Farm of St John's Abbey Colchester
cp. Maypole Farm, 1875,OS
Le blakeheth, 1435,EAS xxi;
cp. Blackheath Farm, 1875,OS
[St Michael]
TL
TM
986 220 Farm
001 217
TL
TL
TL
TL
TL
TL
TL
TL
TL
TL
TL
TL
TL
993
986
996
978
986
991
986
978
975
980
995
998
999
Ramparts. Roman Way, 1875,OS
Halfway House, 1875,OS
cp. Bounsted Hill, 1875,OS
22
988 218
Owner in 1777: Sir Robt Smyth, bt.
‘New’ Hall was demolished in 1952
219
closed in 1975, now offices
223
207 Dyke
222
213 Farm
205 Wood
206 Wood
210 Wood
214 Wood
216 Wood
205 Farm
204 Wood
215 Wood
Colchester Town and Berechurch (alias West Donyland).
Map A
Colchester Town
Colchester Town
Map B
Colchester Town
Map C
Map E
Colchester Town
Map D
Berechurch
Maps A, B. 2½ inches = 1 mile
by Chapman & André, 1777
Maps C, D, E. 6 inches = 1 mile
Ordnance Survey c.1875, Sheets 27,28,36
23
Map A
StMrt
StPtr
StRu
AllS
StNi
StJms
HTr
StMary
StB
StMMg
StJAbb
StGl
24
Map B
StJms
R.Colne
StMMg
St Lnd
25
Castle
Map C
StJms
St Ptr
StMary
St B
26
Map D
St Lnd
27
Map E
28
29